A Surrey County Council spokesman said two variable message signs — devices that record volumes of traffic and warn motorists to slow down by flashing up the speed they are travelling — are due for erection, pending electrical connection. The devices are two of six rotated around Surrey Heath to reduce traffic speeds at blackspots identified by a partnership between the county council and Surrey Police. Currently the devices are stationed on Old Bisley Road, the A319 Bagshot Road and Chobham’s Windsor Road, a blackspot labelled a “death trap” by residents last month. Tim Price, clerk to Windlesham, Lightwater and Bagshot Parish Council, said the posts to hold the device had been installed early last year and the council had been surprised at the time it was taking for them to arrive. He said: “We were concerned when nothing seemed to happen for ages but we had to wait our turn and the village will get them in due course. It did take the county council a long time to get the scheme up and running. “When we have discussed this in the parish council meetings, everyone has been supportive of these measures because speed restrictions are often ignored these days but you can’t ignore a sign that’s flashing at you.” Cllr Valerie White, chairman of the parish council, said: “It is about time it all came to fruition and maybe we can now look at tackling other issues on the area’s roads. “Windlesham desperately needs traffic calming measures. Everyone’s in such a hurry these days. “Bagshot is a ‘younger’ village and needs the traffic measures for the children and Windlesham is an ‘older’ village which needs them for the older people.” She said speeding also needed to be tackled on the roads around Valley End School, that the A30 was a “disaster waiting to happen.”